tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post5329882165262928764..comments2023-10-02T11:36:45.006-04:00Comments on A Passionate and Determined Quest for Adequacy: WrestlingAshley Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04767912859236943934noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-32446369086201788222010-07-19T16:12:42.087-04:002010-07-19T16:12:42.087-04:00Thank you all for your comments! Sorry for the la...Thank you all for your comments! Sorry for the late response, but I just got back from NPYM last night.<br /><br />Aimee - The quote is actually quite helpful at the moment. I sometimes feel like if I am actually called to be a minister, I should have everything figured out, which I clearly don't! Thank you for your prayer.<br /><br />Rantwoman - I appreciate you holding me in the Light through these changes. I think it is mostly nerves, and me feeling rebellious. The one thing I knew I would be doing at NPYM was meeting with Coordinating Committee to talk about my time traveling in the ministry this past year. That went quite well. I wasn't sure whether I would feel led to give vocal ministry, but that is always a possibility. As it turned out, I did, and I appreciated Friends holding me as I prayed for the yearly meeting.<br /><br />Jan - What a lovely image! I hope that your time at NCYM-C was rich and filled with the Spirit.<br /><br />Liz - Yes, that is a very good description of how my life feels right now! I appreciate the reflecting back. And it is always good for me to be reminded to be gentle with myself!<br /><br />Rita - Thank you for your prayers. I'm looking forward to seeing you and all our other familiar faces in September.Ashley Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04767912859236943934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-87325951024571229172010-07-15T07:35:28.263-04:002010-07-15T07:35:28.263-04:00Prayers for your journeys... RitaPrayers for your journeys... RitaReetzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11296969160120594851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-29881390854260913002010-07-14T14:10:42.912-04:002010-07-14T14:10:42.912-04:00Ashley,
I am glad to see the comments from the Fr...Ashley,<br /><br />I am glad to see the comments from the Friends who have replied. They speak my mind. <br /><br />Mostly, I am glad you are supported locally and that you are willing to share your own wrestling so openly here. It sounds as if you are doing your best to walk the razor's edge between being faithful to and remembering the call you received a while ago, while also experiencing with great authenticity the grief that comes when God calls us to a place we cannot know immediately--a call that takes us away from those who have nurtured and strengthened us up to this point.<br /><br />I also find Truth in RantWoman's caution, to continue to test the veracity of the call, even today. Be gentle with yourself.<br /><br />Blessings and safe travels,<br />Liz Opp, <a href="http://thegoodraisedup.blogspot.com" rel="nofollow">The Good Raised Up</a>Liz Opphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09802348848085930901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-42711116333239063032010-07-12T13:35:12.843-04:002010-07-12T13:35:12.843-04:00Ashley, How clearly I hear you. May the unfolding...Ashley, How clearly I hear you. May the unfolding of the many events in your life over the next three weeks be as gentle as a flower opening. As I say that I am aware that to our human eyes the opening of a bud may look effortless yet to the flower it may not be without some surrender to a plan not of the flower's doing so perhaps it's not really without some wrestling or at least a little discomfort. I, too, am heading to yearly meeting (NCYM-C). May our prayers for one another be a source of comfort and rest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08094561710492424889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-22095658067790597912010-07-11T22:13:17.335-04:002010-07-11T22:13:17.335-04:00Friend ashley
You have written before about how c...Friend ashley<br /><br />You have written before about how change is hard for you and I absolutely hold you in the Light for all the changes you are going through.<br /><br />Has there been any big change in your thinking about the whys of moving back to Salem? Knowing what you will miss in Seattle is not alone a reason to rethink, but I do not think it is the worst thing sometimes to check whether one is just having normal nerves or something bigger.<br /><br />What is hardest for you about Yearly Meetings? I agree with you that they ARE work even when the work comes wrapped up with reunions with many dear faces. For me, besides a welter of personal stuff, travel to Missoula encapsulates some of the huge geographical challenges of being Quakers or anything else in this part of the country. <br /><br />But is there anything from your last year's work that you expect especially to be talking of in Missoula? Perhaps others connected with some of those projects can particularly hold you in the Light or offer other specific support.RantWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17611656459134372290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4790396293521449566.post-85127551374094787262010-07-11T19:24:49.326-04:002010-07-11T19:24:49.326-04:00Ah wrestling, so much fun. =) For some reason this...Ah wrestling, so much fun. =) For some reason this made me think of a phrase (advice?) I heard years and years ago. <br />"God doesn't call the equiped, God equips the called."<br />I find that to be very annoying at times, as you may too. I'm not sure if it means anything to you at this point in your journey.<br />My hope and prayer for you is that you will be given more than you are giving up.Aimeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570718941895225222noreply@blogger.com